House Rules by Jodi Picoult

Costco is possibly one of the greatest stores.

Every time I go to Costco, I end up searching for a good book rather than helping my mom find groceries. Oops! Most of the time I look around, read the covers of countless books until I find that ONE. The last time I went however, the first book that caught my eye was House Rules by Jodi Picoult. I recently read My Sisters Keeper by her (those of you who saw the movie, I still recommend reading the book. It's totally different), and am always hearing from my sister Curry about how much she loves this author, so I started to read the inside covers.



I immediately became intrigued as I realized that it was a book about a boy with Asperger's syndrome (by the way, my computer shows that is spelled wrong-but its not). This was the extent of my knowledge on Asperger's:
-It is associated with autism.

That's all I knew. It intrigued me because I like reading books that teach me something new. And let me tell you..this book did just that! I am a very and I mean VERY slow reader-I like it that way! :) ha ha. But I could not put this book down. I read it in every class, every second I could, I read it late into the night, I took it to school, to dinner with my family, it never left my side.

I don't want to give any of the story away, so instead of expounding on these subjects like I would love to do, I'll make it brief. This book taught me so much about Asperger's. My current list of what I know about Asperger's would be SIGNIFICANTLY longer than my list above. Jodi Picoult brilliantly uses her story to incorporate these snippets of information on Asperger's. Not just to explain Jacob, the main character, but to explain all symptoms that 'Aspies' have.

That was my favorite thing about this book-gaining so much knowledge on a completely new subject. However, this book has it all. Really. It does. It's got romance, comedy, action, suspense, deep emotions, everything you could possibly ask for in a book. (In one of my classes I actually laughed out loud and the kid next to me looked at me like I was crazy..which made me laugh again ha ha)There is one thing that I am not a huge fan of though:( And that is the ending. Don't worry-it's got great twists, but the end is one of those that leaves you hanging..like you're not told exactly how things pan out. I'm not a huge fan of that. I like closure and a final solution. If you like that kind of ending, then do yourself a favor and read this book!! If not, read it regardless-I still loved it didn't I?